This year, 17 law enforcement officers welcomed babies and fourteen of them were gathered at Sandy Creek Covered Bridge in Jefferson County for photos with their wives.
Jefferson County is Missouri’s sixth most populous county.
”It’s important that we support our families,” Sheriff Dave Marshak said. ”For us, this is good.”
The babies were dressed in pants, matching white onesies with deputy badges printed on them and accessories. Officers were dressed in their uniform holding their babies and smiled at the camera.
”It’s really special,” Capt. Andy Sides told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His second child was born six months ago, ”Holy cow!”
”Oh my goodness!”
”I love it, with both of our boys and my wife. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. It makes your bad days good when you come home.”
According to Huffpost, ”A joke has been going around the department that the little ones are ”Prop P babies.point 357 |
” Passed last year, the property tax increase provided resources for raises for the sheriff’s office.point 94 | Prior to the passage of Proposition B, the starting salary for a deputy was $37,902.point 164 | That entry-level salary jumped to $50,300.point 201 |
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Sgt. Matt Moore, whose baby named Luca was born this year said, ”I think it’s more than a coincidence,”
”It certainly gives you a lot more flexibility in starting a family if you’ve got more income. Kids aren’t getting any cheaper these days.”
According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Proposition P also allowed paternity leave to officers.
”I don’t know how we would have afforded this without [Proposition P],” Deputy A.J. Kausler’s wife Baileigh Kausler said. The couple welcomed their first child — a baby girl named Lucy four months ago.
”I would not have been able to take 12 weeks off without Prop P either,” Baileigh said.
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